A cat runs and jumps from one roof top to another which is 5 m away and 3 m below. Calculate the minimum horizontal speed with which the cat must jump off the first Roof in order to make it to the other.

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Ethen Strong

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20 September, 00:14

A cat runs and jumps from one roof top to another which is 5 m away and 3 m below. Calculate the minimum horizontal speed with which the cat must jump off the first Roof in order to make it to the other.

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Hillary Hobbs · Answer 1

ThIs is the same type of problem

find out the time value

3 = 1/2*a*T^2

6/10 = t^2

t = 0.77 seconds

and the distance is given 5 m

thus speed, = distance/time

speed = 5/0.77

= 6.45 m/s